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The Great Depression
TKAM Background
Depressing Depression
More Mockingbird
100
The worst and longest economic collapse in the history of the modern industrial world.
What is the Great Depression
100
The town where To Kill A Mockingbird takes place
What is Maycomb
100
How long did the Great Depression last? (you will get the points if you guess within 3 years of correct answer)
What is about 11 years (1929-early 1940's)
100
The narrator of the story - (male or female?)
Who is Scout (female)
200
The president during the Great Depression that stated that the American people had "nothing to fear but fear itself".
What is President Franklin D. Roosevelt
200
The number of years in which the plot of To Kill A Mockingbird covers
What is 2 years (1933-1935)
200
What were at least two results of the Great Depression?
What is decline in production and sales / failures of businesses and banks / lost savings / widespread unemployment
200
The narrator tells her story in what point of view? (first / second / third)
What is first person point of view
300
The political alliance made up of minorities, labor unions, intellectuals, and farmers that formed as a result of the Great Depression. This alliance would become the backbone of which political party -
What is the Democratic Party
300
Minorities were not treated equally during this time period - name 2 typical jobs for African Americans during this time.
What is domestic servants (maids / nannies / cooks) , busboys, shoe-shiners, elevator operators, coal miners , manual labor, farmers
300
How did the values of the American people change as a result of the Great Depression?
What is Americans became very frugal / many focused on accumulating material possessions / most wanted to protect themselves from ever lacking necessities or going hungry again
300
Scout tells the story of her childhood experiences after she's grown up, so her childhood voice is heard through her own -
What is memories or flashbacks
400
What percent of Americans were unemployed during the Great Depression?
What is 25% (more than 15 million Americans)
400
The president that freed the slaves in 1863
Who is Abraham Lincoln via the Emancipation Proclamation
400
Did the federal government's role expand or shrink during the Great Depression?
What is expand - FDR created 'New Deal' programs, including social assistance
400
To Kill A Mockingbird won this national prize for fiction in 1961.
What is the Pulitzer Prize
500
The major economic crisis that occurred in 1929 and is considered the beginning of the Great Depression
What is the U.S. stock market crash
500
The year that To Kill A Mockingbird was published
What is 1960
500
The year that was considered the worst year of the Great Depression
What is 1933
500
The title of the novel comes from the idea that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird - this idea becomes a _______ in the novel
What is a theme